| Home schooling used to have a bad image. | | | | workload. There is also generally less peer |
| When we think of home schooling, we often | | | | pressure, and parents can keep an eye on |
| picture with fundamental right wingers, | | | | their children better than if they were off |
| antisocial weirdos, or people too scared to | | | | at school. |
| let their children attend public school. | | | | |
| This image has been improving over the last | | | | Much of the improvement in the image of |
| several years. New curricula for home | | | | homeschooling can be attributed to the |
| schooling has come out, each provides a | | | | Internet. Online homeschooling options |
| clearer path for learning. There have been | | | | provide more than learning or teaching aids |
| many success stories of students that have | | | | for home schooling families. Internet-based |
| come from home schooling environments. | | | | curriculum helps parents improve the general |
| | | | state of the education they are providing, as |
| On the other side of the fence, the quality | | | | it can help the parents in areas where they |
| of public schooling (in America at least) has | | | | may be weaker as teachers. |
| been on a dramatic decline the last several | | | | |
| years. Standardized test scores are down, | | | | The Internet also helps overcome one of the |
| gang violence is up, and that's not even | | | | main drawbacks to home schooling, and that is |
| considering the school shootings. This all | | | | the lack of socialization. Many online home |
| contributes to an increasing lack of | | | | schooling programs offer group meetings or |
| confidence in the public education system. | | | | seminars where home school students can meet |
| | | | and work together on projects. |
| Many parents are finding they can better | | | | |
| teach their children at home. Using | | | | If it's so great, why don't more parents home |
| personalized home schooling curriculum, | | | | school their children? There are a number of |
| parents are able to give their children a | | | | reasons. Many parents just don't have time |
| better education right in their own home. | | | | to teach their children, and some don't feel |
| Many of the children who are schooled at home | | | | qualified. Many families need both parents |
| are getting excellent scores on standardized | | | | as breadwinners just to make ends meet. |
| tests, with many achieving perfect scores. | | | | |
| The quality of education is only one reason | | | | While home schooling is shedding its |
| many parents are going towards homeschooling. | | | | iconoclastic image, whether or not to home |
| | | | school your children is a family decision. |
| Parents have also found that home schooling | | | | You will still need to hire teachers in such |
| is a cheaper alternative to expensive private | | | | areas as driver education to be in compliance |
| schools. There is a student teacher ratio | | | | with state law, but most parents who are |
| they can't be beat in public or private | | | | fairly intelligent and literate can use the |
| school. Overall, many parents say they like | | | | helps found on the Internet, in books, or in |
| them relaxed learning atmosphere, and the | | | | home schooling support groups to provide an |
| ability to better control their students | | | | excellent education for their children. |